TMI Blog2018 (2) TMI 912X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... exempted by virtue of N/N. 12/2012 dated 17.03.2012 - Slag is a waste product and is not excisable. The provisions of Rule 6(2) and Rule 6(3) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 are not applicable to this case as the Slag emerges as inevitable waste and therefore, the manufacturer is not required to maintain separate account with regard to the Slag - appeal allowed - decided in favor of appellan ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Slag arises which is classifiable under CSH 26190010 leviable to excise duty @12% but exempted by virtue of Notification No. 12/2012-CE dated 17.03.2012 (Sl. No. 57). The assessee had not maintained separate account of the raw-material used in the manufacture of dutiable and exempted finished goods as required as per Rule 6(2) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 nor had paid an amount calculated at t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e is no manufacture of Slag and that Slag, an unintended excisable goods and therefore the provisions of Rule 6 is not applicable. Aggrieved by the said order, the Department filed the appeal before the Commissioner who accepted the appeal of the Department. Hence the present appeal. 2. Heard both the parties and perused the records. 3. Learned consultant for the appellant submitted that the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ellant cleared the Slag during the period April 2012 to November 2013 and therefore the appellant is not subjected to the provisions of Rule 6. He further submitted that the issue is no more res integra and has been settled in favour of the assessee by various decisions of the Tribunal and the High Court and he relied upon the following decisions: a) Monnet Ispat and Energy Ltd. Vs. CCE ST, R ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e not applicable to this case as the Slag emerges as inevitable waste and therefore, the manufacturer is not required to maintain separate account with regard to the Slag. Further I find that the case of the appellant is covered by various decisions cited supra and therefore, by following the ratios of the said decisions, I am of the considered opinion that the impugned order is not sustainable in ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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